Teen rescued from burning home

SAN DIEGO - Neighbors rescued a teenage girl from a house fire
Sunday in Del Mar, where damage was estimated at $2 million,
officials said Monday.

Maurice Luque, spokesman for the San Diego Fire/Rescue
Department, said one person was taken to a hospital for evaluation
of minor injuries after the Sunday night inferno in the 3400 block
of Caminito Daniella.

A candle in the girl's second-floor bedroom started the fire,
which neighbors spotted about 9 p.m., Luque said.

"They went over and got her out," he said. "She was all right.
The rest of the family was away for the day."

Two dogs also made it to safety, Luque said.

Fire crews from San Diego, Del Mar and Solana Beach could see
smoke and flames billowing from the burning second story of the
house as they responded to the alarm.

Flames were starting to spread to the first floor, and they also
set tall nearby eucalyptus trees ablaze, Luque said.

It took firefighters about 30 minutes to knock down the blaze
and keep it from spreading.

Luque said the American Red Cross was called to help the family
find temporary shelter.